Comments on: 12/1 - If Only...

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:36:22 +0000

Oh, yeah. Well, at least I know where I got them!

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:55:55 +0000

Okay - I think I might try Quimby some time. And I have no idea where the initials 'ACN' came from. I mean't 'ANL'

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:46:14 +0000

Quimby the Mouse touches on similar subjects, but it has a little more levity. It is very good and goes down a little smoother. ACN #18, focusing on a girl's emotional difficulties in getting through daily life (she happens to be an amputee), was not any easier. I would put the new volume in the 'try before you buy' category.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:42:21 +0000

However, the better it makes me empathize with the charactersâ€™ misery, the more I donâ€™t want to read it! I think if it were more palatable, it would be a lesser work. Itâ€™s truly unique in my experience as a reader.

I agree with all of that, but is the other ACN stuff that miserable

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:03:15 +0000

Ware's work on Jimmy Corrigan has one particularly interesting quality to it; I feel the work succeeds more the less I enjoy it. It seeks to evoke a relentless downcast tone and focuses on life's struggles and disappointments. Jimmy Corrigan wonderfully depicts malaise and draws out doubt and discomfit in the reader. However, the better it makes me empathize with the characters' misery, the more I don't want to read it! I think if it were more palatable, it would be a lesser work. It's truly unique in my experience as a reader.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:07:06 +0000

Jimmy Corrigan was the most depressing comic Iâ€™ve ever read, and it gave me eyestrain. Do I want to read more Ware?

Yeah I'm feeling kind of the same. Is Acme Novelty Library just a relentless barrage of misery or does it liven up at times?

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:30:41 +0000

On the other hand, it makes the best gift for the holidays. Besides, if it came out quarterly, I'd be broke.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:19:46 +0000

"MarkAndrew - Yeah, well. My favorite comic is Big Numbers."

Well~!!!
It's mine!!
So there!

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:08:16 +0000

Jimmy Corrigan was the most depressing comic I've ever read, and it gave me eyestrain. Do I want to read more Ware?

By: Evan Waters

Evan Waters — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:45:04 +0000

Any more frequently and there'd be an antidepressant shortage.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:03:47 +0000

MarkAndrew - Yeah, well. My favorite comic is Big Numbers.

(Note: It really isn't)

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:57:33 +0000

Speaking as someone who's favorite comic is Tales of the Beanworld I'm finding it hard to muster much sympathy.

By: mrclam

mrclam — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:56:15 +0000

Man oh man. This is my favorite comic right now, and I can't stand the glacial pace of publication!!! Ware should get some assistants and pump that thing out quarterly!! Shut up, haters!!

By: RyanBreck

RyanBreck — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:04:19 +0000

It's the only comic being published today that completely deserves, nay, demands being bought in "issue" form and in its collected editions. Am I the only one that wants to give Chris Ware a hug though? Tell him that it's all okay?

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:09:27 +0000

But would it be quite as good? I can see Ware actually needing that much time to make something so perfectly crafted.

But yeah, perfect world, it would be out dang ol' weekly.